Disability and Justice
The Capabilities Approach in Practice
Published on 14. March 2014
Book
Hardback
126 pages
978-0-7391-7802-7 (ISBN)
Description
Disability & Justice: The Capabilities Approach in Practice examines the capabilities approach and how, as a matter of justice, the experience of disability is accounted for. It suggests that the capabilities approach is first, unable to properly diagnose both those who are in need as well as the extent to which assistance is required. Furthermore, it is suggested that counterfactually, if this approach to justice were capable of assessing need, that it would fail to be as stigma-sensitive as other approaches of justice. That is to say, the capabilities approach would have the possibility of further stigmatizing those requiring accommodation. Finally, Disability & Justice argues that health and the absence of disability belong in a category of functionings that are of special moral importance-a fact the Capabilities Approach fails to recognize.
Reviews / Votes
Disability and Justice: The Capabilities Approach in Practice is alucid, concise and compelling philosophical discussion of disability, and its significance in political theory. Christopher Riddle has produced useful and plausible arguments with an aim to promote justice for people with disabilities. -- Simo P. Vehmas, Stockholm University Disability and Justice: The Capabilities Approach in Practice provides a compelling case that the capabilities approach is at once the best we have and not yet satisfactory as a theory that addresses the experiences of people with disabilities within its core conception of justice. Drawing on a nuanced understanding of the cutting edge of capability theory and models of disability, Christopher Riddle not only enriches the dialogue between these areas, but also makes distinctive theoretical advances in each. The book will be of particular interest to readers working on the measurement of capabilities, the risk of stigmatization in the implementation of egalitarian policies, and issues of justice and disability more generally. -- Christopher R. Lowry, University of WaterlooMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
4 BW Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
345 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-7802-7 (9780739178027)
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Additional editions
E-Book
03/2014
1st Edition
Lexington Books
€42.49
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Persons
Christopher A. Riddle is assistant professor and chair in the Department of Philosophy at Utica College, where he is also director of the Applied Ethics Institute.
Content
1 Disability and Justice
2 Defining Disability
3 The Capabilities Approach
4 The Indexing Problem
5 Stigma-Sensitivity
6 The Special Moral Importance of Health
7 Capabilities and Disability
2 Defining Disability
3 The Capabilities Approach
4 The Indexing Problem
5 Stigma-Sensitivity
6 The Special Moral Importance of Health
7 Capabilities and Disability